Wingware Python IDE

The Intelligent Development Environment for Python Programmers

Installing the Debugger Core

When Wing is used to debug a Python program remotely, the Wing debugger core
must be installed on the remote machine. The easiest way to do that is just
to install Wing IDE there. If that is not possible, there are two options:
(1) Copy just the debugger files from a Wing IDE installation on the same
type of machine, or (2) compile the debugger core from sources (available
for Wing IDE Professional only).

Copying from Wing IDE Installation

When copying from an existing Wing IDE installation on another machine, you
will need to copy all of the following files and directories from the
install directory listed in Wing's About box:

Replace #.# with each version Python you wish to debug under (for example,
2.5). You can omit the directories for the versions that you are not
using.

The directories within zip files (used only in Python 2.5 and later) can
either be copied by moving the entire zip file or by creating a subset
that contains only the necessary directories.

Be sure to copy these directories from a Wing installation on the same
type of host, so that on Linux/Unix you include *.so extension
modules, on Windows *.pyd extension modules, and so forth.

Compiling from Source

On machines for which there is no Wing IDE installer, the debugger core
can be installed from source code. This is only available to Wing IDE
Professional customers, and requires signing a non-disclosure agreement. The
compilation instructions are located in build-files/README.DBG-SRC/txt
in the source distribution that you will be provided with.